Tschabalala Self unveils a new body of a work at VOLTA NY through her presenting institution, MoCADA (Brooklyn).  Self explores the intersectionality of race, gender, and sexuality around iconographic portrayals of the Black female body in contemporary culture.  The recent Yale School of Art MFA grad is participating concurrently in A Constellation, a major cross- generational group exhibition at Studio Museum in Harlem.

 

Tschabalala Self, Pink Eye, 2015, Oil, pigment, fabric and acrylic on canvas, 32" x 44," 2015.
Tschabalala Self, Pink Eye, 2015, Oil, pigment, fabric and acrylic on canvas, 32″ x 44,” 2015.

 

 

Tschabalala Self, For the Gods, oil, fabric and pigment on canvas, 36" x 68," 2015.
Tschabalala Self, For the Gods, oil, fabric and pigment on canvas, 36″ x 68,” 2015.